Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn.

  • Stefan Strelcyn
Date:
[1972]
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Credit: Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 (f. 43v.). Hasaba mdnazdl, a treatise of divination by Psalms (rMfl * 0°ttW6\. s tW<Z'1~ 0- Gf« Hatdta manafdst, p. 138. 12 (f. 44v.). Hasab of a journey (rh^afl : :). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, pp. 207 and 232. 13 (ibid.). A hasab similar to No. 9. 14 (f. 45r.). Hasab of goods (rMfl * «). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, p. 207. 15 (ibid.). Hasab to know whether someone will perish or not (([Ki^ ' na\<£h««vn&:). 16 (ibid.). Hasab of the sterile woman (rhAH ' ^iffi :). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, p. 208. 17 (ibid.). Hasaba dddl (diAO * ••)• Cf. Hatdta manafdst, p. 201 (*Mfl « 18 (ibid.). Hasab of mercy (rh^fl » fPdi&fr *)• 19 (ibid.). Hasab to know whether charms will be undone or not (,h<*in 20 (ibid.). A toa6 similar to No. 10. 21 (f. 45v.). Hasab of the day (rh^n * dA^ *)• 22 (ibid.). Hasab to know whether someone will come or not (*h4fl * n^^fCK ' 23 (ibid.). Hasab of Ezra, concerning the soldier (,hAfl ' VH<£* « A\&* *)• 24 (f. 46r.). Hasab of the man and the woman, to know who will die first 25 (ibid.). Hasab of the thief (rhAfi « A.Q «). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, p. 210. 26 (f. 46v.). Hasab of pregnancy (rhAfl ' Klh «). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, p. 202. 27 (ibid.). Hasab of birth (rfa^n s mAjt :). Cf. Hatdta manafdst, pp. 197, 201, and 202. 28 (ibid.). Hasab of the woman (rh^O ' 'fl?*^^ ')• 29 (ibid.). Hasab of the man and the woman, different from No. 24. 30 (f. 47r.). Hasab of a journey, different from No. 12. 31 (ff. 47r.-57r.). Magical prayers for love (A^fi^^C '), for goods (A<»-Zn s ■>«PJ& s, f. 48v.), for birth (AtDAje* *, f. 49 v.), against chest pain (m-pfr s, f. 50v.) and colic (^ce^ •*, f. 50v.), for being respected ('men '), for binding devils, and against mdgganna ((IKI-i* * 07dwY. hpllH* - tio°p^ *, f. 53r.), for expelhng devils and diseases (candfdr, bddbdd, fera, tdgrdtya, etc., f. 53v.), against the demon of the noon (ganena qdtdr), colic (qursdt), migraine (fdlsdt), chest pain (wdg'at), rheumatism (qwdrpmat), etc., by the virtue of Solomon's seal (fPVW ^ * 7M#» « rtA°T> », f. 54r.), for expelling devils (f. 54v.), against the evil eye, ndddra, containing the legend of the witch seen by the Apostles on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (f. 56r.), for eye disease ((IKi't ' l\\al^ * °kfW *, f. 56v.), against barya,fera, and fever (nddad, f. 57r.). 32 (ff. 57r.-58r.). Magico-medical prescriptions: against magical disease (h<h&l\ « lihpn s S^fvM*] »), sweUing of the penis (AH*hflm ' '), gummy eyes (faz.oDta.ao t ^7 :), leprosy (ttiiVX '•), blepharitis (iM-^Am ' toothache (tith*! « TCfi 0> s°re throat (AA°7^» « *Y-C°b «), deafness (h£->«I><d :